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Re: Dashpot oil

To: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>, <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Dashpot oil
From: "~^ beancounter ~^" <richard@bonilla.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:52:25 -0600
why thank you...that bit of information is very useful to me...i
think i finally understand what the oil is doing...now, if i could
fig out how it gets consumed?......one would think it has no where
to go......



> I've played around a fair bit with my SU's and the ZS, trying different
> oils to see what the effect is.
> 
> Starting with too thick an oil, you floor the throttle, and the engine
> very slowly responds.  It takes a long time for the piston to move up,
> causing the small venturi under the piston to limit air flow.
> 
> You thin the oil, and the throttle response progressively becomes
> better.
> 
> Eventually, you can reach the point where the throttle response is
> essentially too fast.  As in you floor the throttle, the piston quickly
> too quickly, creating a bog a half second after the throttle is snapped
> open.  

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